Mohamed Choucair

Mohamed Choucair
Arab World Lebanon ‘Will Not Allow’ Flare-up Along Southern Front with Israel

Lebanon ‘Will Not Allow’ Flare-up Along Southern Front with Israel

A senior political source ruled out an escalation along the southern Lebanese border that could be an extension to the open military confrontation between the…

Mohamed Choucair (Beirut)
Arab World Hezbollah Holds Onto Aoun for Lack of Alternative

Hezbollah Holds Onto Aoun for Lack of Alternative

Hezbollah is unlikely to abandon his political allies - President Michel Aoun and his son-in-law, the head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Gebran Bassil –…

Mohamed Choucair (Beirut)
Arab World  Damascus Uncooperative with Lebanon’s Request to Demarcate Land Borders

Damascus Uncooperative with Lebanon’s Request to Demarcate Land Borders

With the revival of talks about the demarcation of the maritime borders between Lebanon and Syria - after Damascus signed an oil exploration agreement in the…

Mohamed Choucair (Beirut)
Arab World Lebanon: Final US Warning For Politicians Obstructing Government Formation

Lebanon: Final US Warning For Politicians Obstructing Government Formation

On the first day of his visit to Beirut, US Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale advised Lebanese politicians to speed up the formation of…

Mohamed Choucair (Beirut)
Arab World Lebanon: Hariri Does Not Reject Communication with Bassil

Lebanon: Hariri Does Not Reject Communication with Bassil

French President Emmanuel Macron is planning along with his aides to help with the formation of a new government in Lebanon based on an initiative he announced…

Mohamed Choucair (Beirut)
Arab World Lebanon: Aoun Invokes Hariri’s Travel to Dispel Accusations of Obstructing Govt Formation

Lebanon: Aoun Invokes Hariri’s Travel to Dispel Accusations of Obstructing Govt Formation

A prominent parliamentary source told Asharq Al-Awsat that President Michel Aoun was using a trip by Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to the UAE to justify…

Mohamed Choucair (Beirut)
Arab World Hariri Links Increasing Number Of Ministers to Disrupting Vetoing Third

Hariri Links Increasing Number Of Ministers to Disrupting Vetoing Third

A prominent political source told Asharq Al-Awsat that the head of Lebanon's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), former Minister Gebran Bassil, was still…

Mohamed Choucair (Beirut)
Features Lebanon’s Bassil Eager to Take Part in Pope’s Reception in Baghdad

Lebanon’s Bassil Eager to Take Part in Pope’s Reception in Baghdad

Head of the Lebanese Free Patriotic Movement MP Gebran Bassil is reportedly eager to travel to Iraq to take part in the reception for Pope Francis I as he pays…

Mohamed Choucair (Beirut)